The Best Home Improvement Store Rocks for Rock Painting

I get asked about the best home improvement store rocks for rock painting. In this article, I show you which rocks I use and rock painting ideas to go with each of them. Let’s get started with the rock painting fun!

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Caribbean Beach Pebbles for Rock Painting

These rocks are gorgeous! The Caribbean beach pebbles are not smooth but make base coat painting a breeze.

You will most definitely have to clean them, as when you stick your hand in the bag, it will be covered with a fine, white powder. Honestly, they are wonderful to paint on if you don’t need a very smooth rock.

If you’d like to quickly and easily make them a tag smoother for painting, use a heavy gesso (pronounced jeh-sew) as a base layer.

Ash River Rocks

These rocks are very dark – some are even black. The various sizes and shapes allow us to vary our rock painting designs and improve our painting skills.

I’ve found they are very, very dirty and need a good scrubbing before painting. Additionally, one side is usually flatter than the other but isn’t smooth like the Dorado River Rocks. That being said, we really like painting on these.

These are the newest bag we’re working with. Rock painting ideas with these rocks include:

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Sarah traded in senior executives for sippy cups and now shares her loves of crafts and laughter at Ruffles and Rain Boots. Read more about Sarah here and be sure to follow the fun and creativity on Facebook

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